Eyeglass-mounting.



No. 806,379. I A PATBNTED DEG. 5, 1905.

- J. R.VVANTASSBL.

EYEGLASS MOUNTING.

APPLIGATION HLBDMAR.13. 1905K.

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UNITEDy sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

JOHN R. VAN TASSEL, OF GENEVA. NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO KIRSTEIN SONS COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.-

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN RYAN TAssEL, of

Geneva, in the county of Ontario and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eyeglass Mountings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,4

tening-screw or the devices which are liable to become unscrewed or loosened and to also provide such a device as may be readily and cheaply manufactured. 4

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

Inthe drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a portion of an eyeglass-mounting to which my improvements areapplied. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 2 2'of Fig. 1.V Fig. 3 is avertical sectional view on the line'3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the mounting adapted toreceive springs having horizontal attaching portions. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 is a blank of sheet material from which the body of the mount- Referring rst to that'form of my invention shown in Fig. 1, wherein 1 designates one of the lenses of the eyeglass provided in the usual way with the perforation 2 at a point removed from its inner edge to receive the lensattaching screw 3, the mounting in this form is adapted to receive a spring4, having preferably vertically-extending attaching portions, and consists generally of a clip 5, having a substantially rectangular portion intermediate its ends to form the plate 6, having the aperture 7 therein, the ends of the clip being bent off at right angles to the yintermediate portion to form the side pieces or arms 8, the apertured lugs 9 for the lens-attaching screws Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 1 3, 1905. Serial No. 249,704.

EYEGLAss-MoUNTING..

Patented Dec. 5, 1905.

3, and the intermediate portions 10, provided with theapertures 11, which are formed substantially in alinement with the inner edge of the lens. These arms of the clip extend substantially parallel and are formed to rest upon the opposite faces of each lens in the usual way, and between the intermediate portions 10 thereof are tted the lens-engaging ears 12, which are provided with the lugs 12 to enter the correspondingly-formed apertures A11 in the arms of the clip and extending inwardly toward the intermediate portion 6 of the clip, and attached to the lens-engaging ears 12 is a post 13, the latter being provided with a pin orextension 14, arranged to enter the aperture 7 in the intermediate portion of the clip, shoulders 15 being provided on the post at either side of the pin 14 ata point behind the intermediate portion 6 of the clip. Betweenthe intermediate portion6 of the clip Vand the shoulders 15 o f the post 13 are adapted to rest the attaching portions 16 and 17` respectively, of the spring and guards, these attaching portions being provided, preferably, with the usual aperture that is customarily employed to receive the fastening-screw and which in this instance is employed to receive the pin or extension 14 of the post 13.

vBy arranging the shoulders 15 of the post 13 at the proper distance from the intermediate portion 6 of the clip it will be obvious that when the lens-engaging ears 12 are placed between the free ends of the clip, with the extensions 12' thereon resting in the intermediate portions 10 of the clip, the post 13, which is secured' to the lens-engaging ears 11, will occupy such a position that the pin or extension 14 thereon will extend through the aperture in thev attaching portions of the spring. and guards and through the aperture 7 in the intermediate portion of the clip, and the shoulders 15 on the post 13 will bear against these attaching portions to hold them firmly against the intermediate portion 6 of the clip, and as the p ost 13 is locked in `position by the lensengaging portions 12 it will be obvious that the spring andv guard-arms will be firmly locked Within the clip and cannot be loosened or unlocked-except by unscrewing the lensattaching screw 3, which holds the inner ends of the clip together. .`However,` when this lens-attaching screw has been loosened the opposite ends of the clip may be separated-sufiicient to enable the tenons or projections 12 IOO guards about their fastening-screw, which is true of the ordinary mountings or connections.

Should it be desirable to employ the ordinary spring having horizontal attaching portions, a mounting similar to that described above may be employed, which is provided with apertures 18 and 19, which are arranged in alinement in the opposite side walls 8 of the clip, these apertures being of such dimensions and so arranged as to receive the correspondinglyformed attaching portion 2O of the horizontal spring 21, these attaching portions being provided with a nick or recess 22 i-n one of its edges to lit around the correspondinglyformed pin or extension 14 of the post13, so that when these attaching portions 20 are inserted within the box of the clip the extension 14 of the post 13 may be passed through the recess 22 therein and into -the intermediate portion 6 of the clip, when the spring and the guards will be firmly and positively tremities of the blank at the points indicated by the dotted lines.

Of course in forming the clip and its parts it is preferable to form the intermediate portion of the blank of rectangular shape and to form the enlargements 9 at the ends thereof to receive the lens-attaching screw and the enlargements 10 intermediately of the enlarged ends 9 and the central portion of the blank to receive the extensions of the lensengaging ears 11, the intermediate portions of the blank between these enlargements being reduced, so that the mountings will present a neat appearance as viewed from the front of the eyeglasses.

Eyeglass-mountings constructed in accordance with my invention are adapted to receive springs and guards having either horizontal or vertically-extending attaching portions in such a way that they will be positively locked and there is no possibility of accidental loosening, and they may be cheaply formed either from fiat material or in any other way that may be desired and readily assembled at a small cost of manufacture, and in use they are adapted for the ordinary springs and guards, such as are carried in stock, and therefore it is unnecessary to use any special form of spring or guards.

Ot' course it will be understood that while I have shown one particular way of locking the spring and guard without the use of the ordinary fastening-screw other means may be employed for accomplishing this result which would be within the scope of my invention.

I claim as my invention- 1. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses, and the bridge and guards, of a clip adapted to be attached to the lenses, and a removable member inserted between thc edge of the lens and the clip for securing the attaching portions of the bridge and guards in the clip.

2. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses, and the bridge and guards having apertured attaching portions thereon, ot' a clip formed for attachment to the lenses, and a locking member having an extension to cooperate with the apertured attaching portions of the bridge4 and guards, and having a portion bearing against the edge of the lens to lock the attaching portions of the spring and guards.

3. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses, and bridge and guards, of a clip having arms arranged to engage upon opposite faces of the lens, and a locking member held between the arms of the clip when they are in engagement with the lens, and having a portion adapted to coperate with the attaching portions of the bridge and guards.

4. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses, and bridge and guards having apertured attaching portions, of a clip embodying a central portion having an aperture therein, and arms adapted for engagement upon the opposite faces of the lens, and a locking member held in position between the arms of the clip and having an extension thereon arranged to extend through the aperture of the bridge, guards and clip for locking the spring and guard in position.

5. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses, and bridge and guards having apertured attaching portions, of a clip having arms to engage the faces of the lens, forming a vertically-extending seat for the reception of the attaching portion of the bridge or guards, and apertures formed in alinement in the sides of the clip to receive the attaching portion of the bridge or guard in angular relation to the vertical seat, and a locking member inserted between the adjacent edge of the lens and cooperating with the attaching portions of the bridge and guards to lock the latter in position.

6. In eyeglasses, the combination with the IOO IIC

lenses, and bridgeand guards, of a clip emv bodying an apertured central portion and apsheet material having its ends bent at right angles to its central portion to form attachingarms for engagement with the faces of the lens ears for engaging the edge of the lens secured between the arms of the clip, and a locking member attached to the ears having a pin or extension arranged to cooperate With the attaching portion of the bridge and guards lto secure them Within the clip.

8. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses, and the mounting adapted to be secured thereto, of a clip for each lens having an attaching-arm overlapping the lens, and a portion to coperate with the mounting, a

' member arranged to cooperate with the clip to secure the mounting, and a securing device passing through the lens and serving to lock the said clip and member together to secure the mounting, and also to secure the cli and member to the lens.

JOHN R. VAN TASSEL.

Witnesses:

CLARENCE A. BATEMAN, Gr. WILLARD RICH. 

